Rope grip



A. BAUER.

ROPE GRIP.

APPLICATION FILED 1mg. 1922.

Patented June 6, 1922.

gwuenfo't attoz we 1 STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANNA BUER, OF UNION, NEW JERSEY.

ROPE GRIP.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented June 6', 1922.

Application filed. January 9, 1922. Serial No. 528,014.

To all whom it may concern: Be it known that I, ANNA BAUER, a citizen ofjthegUnited States, residin at the town of Union, in the county of Huson and together for relative movement and are adapted to be included ina clothes line or the like toeffectually grip the rope and maintain theline in a taut condition, while at the same time allowing of theconvenient and ready slackening of the same.

It is the primary object of the invention to provide a device of thischaracter in which the actual gripping will occur between two portionsof the rope itself, or in other words,

a rope against rope grip issecured, eliminating the likelihood ofcutting the rope as where metallic parts or teeth are made to bitedirectly thereinto;

Other objects'of the invention are to provide a simple,'inexpensive'device of a small character yet accomplishing the functionsrequired of a device of this kind, and for enabling the user to quicklyattach the device to a clothes or'other line. and to manipulate itfreely andflwith the greatest facility.

With the vforegoing and other objects in View, the invention will .bemore fully described hereinafter, and. will be more particularly pointedout in theclaims appended hereto.

In the drawings, wherein like symbols refer to like or correspondingparts throughout the several views, 7

Fig. 1 is a side view of an improved rope grip constructed according tothe present invention with parts of the line indicated, and with thedevice in gripping position;

Fig. 2 is a similar view with the grip released;

Fig. 3 is a central sectional view through the device in grippingposition, and v Fig. 4 is a side view showing a slight modification.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 and 2 designate generallya pair of companion members forming complements of each other and beingadapted to receive the end portions 3 and 4: respectively, of a clothesline, rope or the like. The member 1 is of a. general ogee form, andprovided with flan es 5 which are rounded with the base portion of themember and provide a trough extendlnglongitudinally through the deviceand of substantially the contour of the rope end 3, which is receivedtherein in the manner indicated and having a pendant terminal part6wh1ch'may be pulled upon to tighten the line or released to slacken thesame. The member 1 has its upper portion flaring away from thelongitudinal median line of the device with its extremity lyingsubstantially.

coincident with the axis of the line 3. The lower portion of the member1 at the opposite side ofthe pivot point, hereinafter referred to, isshaped to provide an internal depression or socket 7 into which the rope'3 is forced as later explained. Both ends of the member 1 are openvtoreceive the rope and to permit it to slide freely'therethrough. Theflanges? 5 are extended at their intermediate portion so as to overlapthe flanged portion of the companion member 2 where-- by a .pivot pin: 8maybe passed through the overlapping parts of both members to pivotallysecure them together and permit of their rocking between the twopositions shown in Figs-1 and 2.

The member 2 is provided with upper flanges 9 forming a trough for therope end h-and having'the outer end flaring in an opposite directionfrom the flaring of the adjacent end. of the member 1. As shown moreparticularly in Fig. 3 an opening 10 is made in the member 2 at itsmiddle portion to the outside of the pivot 8 to permit of the rope 4passing on the outside of the pivot which extends through the flange 11forming continuations of and being slightly offset inwardly with respectto, the upper flanged portion 9. The flanges 11 are open at their outeredge but are connected by a web 12 along their inner edges inwhich ismade apertures 13 and lt at opposite sides of a truncated triangular orpyramidal projection'15 formed upon, or. attached to the inner faces ofthe web 12 and lying opposite to, and cooperating with, the depression 7in the companion member 1. The rope 4 extends through the apertures 13and 14 with its intermediate portion extending about the removed apex ofthe projection 15', the rope being knotted as indicated at 16 to avoidits accidentally becoming unthreaded from the device. 1 t

It will be seen that the rounded character members afi'ords appropriategrips for the hands or the user by which the device may be collapsedmanually as indicated in F igx-Q when. the release of the rope isrequired. y

In the use of the device, the rope end 4: is threaded through the devicein the manner best illustrated in Fig. 3 and is knotted at its end tosecure it in place. The othenrope end 3 is placed loosely throughthe'trough in the member 1 with its end pendant as represented. Inasmuchas the stretching oi'L' the line by reason of its weight and-itstautnessrwill tend to draw the ends 3 and 4: aparh the upper portions ofthedevice above-the pivot point 8 will respond to this influence whichwill attempt. tospread' such ends apart, and to consequently havenuitethe opposite effect upon the lower ends which carry the depression andprojection. The result is that the V-shaped portio-nol' the rope astretched over the projection 15 will force the rope end 3 into thedepression 7 which will cause the rope to take a cur vilinean form.correspoinlinp; substantially to the curvatureot the V-shaped portiono't' the roped, as aforesaid. The inner arcuate line of the rope portion3 thus forcedinto the depression will cause a compressionsof thefibersthat: will tend to forma ,tirmergrip be tween these parts.

. It will be appreciated. that-the gripping occurs between portions ofone rope end and the other and, that no metallic surfaces are caused tobite into the. rope at the meeting edges thereof which of course haveaslight relative movement or slippage between them, apt to resultin thecutting ofjthe rope parts. N0 relative movement or slippage isencounteredbetween the ropeend 4 and the pro-.

jection 15 and therefore no appreciable cutting occurs at this point.

Then the line is to be slackened or fun ther tightened the upperportions of the de vice are gripped and collapsednin the man.- nerindicated in Fig. 2 which releases the grip and; leaves the line end 3to bedrawn downwardly or slackened upwardly. I Referring moreparticularly to Fig. at a device similar in both construction andoperation is shown in whichuthe member 1 is practically the same asabove, the main difference lying in the companion member 17 which iselongated downwardly to a. further extent andhas its upper and lowerportions lying at an acute anglewith flanges l8 and 19 extending bothabove and below the center line and forming atrough to continuouslyreceive the rope end a which passes through the member in the lower endand is knotted as before. A projection 20 is formed upon the member 17at the face of the trougl'i and forces the rope downwardly at this pointforming bight therein opposite the ;.pivot point 8; in this case isabove the elbow or angular meeting part of the divergent upper and lowerparts of the member 17.

It will be appreciated that with this last mentioned form, as in thepreferred case, all likelihood of injury to the rope or cord fibers iseliminated without at the same time sacrificing that firm gri p which isnecessary in connection with clothes lines and thelike.

The device is found in practice to firmly secure the line, and at thesame time to admit of ltS convenient and quick ad ustment, and" withoutdoing the slightest injury to the rope itsel f.

I do not wish'to be restricted to the size,

form, and proportions of the various parts,

and obviously changes might be made in the construction hereindescribedwithout departing from the spirit ofthe inventioin /Vhiii isclaimed is:

1. An improved rope grip for lines com prising companion. membersmechanically assoclated tor relatlve movement, said memhers receivingopposite ends of the rope from the line for forcingsuch ends against oneanother to bind thetwo ends of the rope in the rope grip. said companionmembers being moved to grip the rope by the tightening of the line.

2. A rope grip comprising a pain of companion members pivotallyconnected for. relative rocking movement, and having channeled interiorportions toreceive opposite ends of a rope, the portions of the membersat one sideot' the pivot point be ing held apart automatically bythestnetcln ing action of the rope and the portions at the opposite side ofthe pivot point being-bythe .same action moved together the rope extending intothe last named portion and being forced together uponopposite portions thereof to form a firm grip. i

3. sin improved rope grip comprising a pair of companion.members pivotedtogether with opposite ends of the rope passing on the inside facesthereof, one end of. the rope being secured: to one of the members whilethe other rope end is slidable through the companion member, saidmembers having between them a complemental trough and.

projection, the fixed end of the ropeextend- 'ing about the projectionand adapted to force the loose end of the rope into the trough.

at. A rope grip comprising a pair of. corn plemental members havingfiangesforming troughs to receive opposite ends of a rope, the flangesof one member being extended to overlap the flanges of the other memberand being pivoted at such overlapping portions. one of said n'leznbersl'lavinp; a depres sion therein adapted to receive one end oi the rope.the other member having a projection opposite the depression. andadapted a iltomatically to receive the other end portion of the ropewhereby to provide a rope against rope binding action.

5. A rope grip comprising companion members pivoted togetherintermediate their ends, and having opposed troughs extendinglongitudinally thereof, and adapted to receive opposite end portions ofa rope, the end portions of the members at one end of the device beingflared outwardly in opposite directions with their extremities lyingsubstantially coincident with the direction of the rope or line, theother end of one member having a trough therein, the opposite portion ofthe companion member having a projection over which one rope end lies,the other rope end adapted to pass slid ingly through the trough anddepression of the other member, and to be gripped therein bythe portionof the other end of the rope lying about the projection.

ANNA BAUER.

